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Hot Summer Nights

2017

Elijah Bynum

Timothée Chalamet, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, Emory Cohen ...

5.8

1,202

Drama. Romance It is the story of a teenager (Timothée Chalamet) whose drug dealing lands him in a world of trouble. His problems are exacerbated after he enters into an illicit affair with his new partner’s seductive sister. Set in Cape Cod over one scorching summer, Hot Summer Nights follows Daniel, a shy out-of-towner who gets in over his head flipping weed with the neighborhood rebel (Alex Roe) while pursuing his new business partner's enigmatic ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter	"A flashy but undisciplined coming-of-age drama (...) Visually atmospheric but tonally all over the place"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Instead of something original, we’re left with a sweaty pastiche that shares its protagonist’s desire to be all things to all people"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A weirdly 'romantic' drug drama that wastes no time burning plausibility to the ground. Yet even when it does, the actors keep it alive"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The result is chaotic, but never lacking in energy – and the cast is up for anything (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Robert Abele The Wrap	"A playlist in search of a movie (...) The characters, the dumb dialogue, and the story mechanics are the biggest problems with 'Hot Summer Nights', which never convinces"	NEG
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"[Bynum] gives the boilerplate story his own earnest energy (...) 'Summer' sweats on, dutifully fulfilling a destiny telegraphed from the start."	NEU
United States	Henry Stewart Slant	"The script, though, feels based not on real life but on the worst coming-of-age movies (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Kristen Yoonsoo Kim Village Voice	"Elijah Bynum’s messy debut film is only bearable thanks to Chalamet’s charisma."	NEU

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